“Ensuring access to clean water for First Nations communities requires, ultimately, the thorough deconstruction of Canada's colonial legacy and the dismantling of the Indian Act. However, money is not the full answer, she said. She said the excuse that it is too costly to eliminate the infrastructure gap between First Nations and the rest of Canada no longer flies in this coronavirus “pandemic context” where Canada is running a $300 billion deficit to power an economic recovery. Now a dean at Queen’s University, Philpott pushed First Nations to build “allyships” with academics like herself and Canadians and “demand that politicians listen.”
And I may be overly optimistic, but I think they do more than ever,” Philpott told the virtual gathering. So politicians need to know that Canadians really care about this (on-reserve water issues). “The sad reality of politics is that decisions are made based on whether or not it’s going to make somebody either gain or retain power, not always, sadly, on the basis of whether it’s the right thing to do. Former Indigenous Services Canada (ISC) minister Jane Philpott was blunt when she spoke at the second annual Water Summit hosted by the Assembly of First Nations on Oct.
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